AN: i thought since i posted the chapter late last night, i'll post this early or something. anyway

SoccerGirl- Girls versus boys time! Yep, Tsubasa is still very clueless, but I think you'll like this chapter. Also thank you for always reviewing. i really really appreciate it

yeah i dont own captain tsubasa

Chapter 14: Girls versus Boys

She looked up the clock for the umpteenth time, wishing for it to hit the time she wanted it to be. The voice of their Japanese History teacher droned on and on about something they already learned since their grade school days.

She kept shifting her eyes from their teacher towards the clock, as if she continued to look at it each moment, time would magically move itself faster. Which it didn't and only a second has passed since the last time she looked at the clock.

She swept her eyes over the classroom and had to stop smiling at her cousin's and Misaki-kun's antics. They were making faces and gestures at each other, probably about the game later this afternoon on who would win and who would lose, albeit discreetly so they wouldn't get the attention of their teacher. Honestly, she expected this behavior from her cousin, but Misaki-kun? Ayame probably did something to make the nice boy join her in her antics.

Her eyes moved towards Wakabayashi-kun, who of all things was sleeping up right. How in the world did he manage to do that? And how was it that their teacher hasn't notice a thing.

She shook her head and swept her eyes once more around the room and her eyes landed on him. He was looking out the window, his hand idly holding onto a pencil. His chin was propped up on his other hand as he continued to stare in boredom, probably like her.

As if sensing he was being watched, he turned around towards her direction.

Oh shit, better play it cool.

Their eyes met, and she waved back with a smile, her heart beating 200 miles per minute. Oh god, she hoped he didn't realize it was her that was staring. That would really be embarrassing.

She almost sighed in relief when he only smiled back and turned back to stare out of the window.

Not wanting that event to ever happen again, she went back to face their teacher and glancing at the clock. Huh, her people watching managed to waste five minutes. Only another ten minutes left. She could do this.

Only ten more minutes before the girls versus boys' match, and soon they'll be able to play against each other.

In an effort to try not to doze off, she didn't realize time move by and the final bell rang to signify the end of class for the day.

Immediately, she sat up and gathered her things, seeing that Ayame was already packing up even before the bell rang.

"Come on, slow poke. We still have to change."

Speaking of her cousin.

"Calm down, I'm almost done packing up," she told her as she clasped the latch of her bag together. No sooner after that, Ayame pulled her out of her chair and ran out of the room, while shouting out a quick promise of winning towards the three boys they were supposed to play against.

"Geez, you're awfully for someone who can move really fast on the field," Ayame told her as they ran down the hallway (they weren't really supposed to do that, but Ayame was never one to follow rules anyway).

"Well sorry for trying not to get in trouble," she apologized sarcastically. Her cousin was really too impatient.

"You're going to get trouble with me if you don't run faster, missy," her cousin retorted as they got out of the building.

She only rolled her eyes and finally agreed with her cousin as they both ran towards their clubroom to change into their jerseys. She was as excited as Ayame was for this game.

They opened their clubroom to see some of their teammates already changing.

"Look at what you've done!" Ayame pointed at her. "Now we're late."

"Ayame, they're changing. It's not like they're already leaving to go to the field by the river. Not even everyone's here," she explained as she left her fuming cousin to block the doorway to start changing.

"Can you move out of the way Kiseki, or do I have to kick you?"

Nao-senpai's form towered over her cousin, who only squeaked in apology as she went inside to finally change.

"Man, it's finally here," Chieko-senpai sad excitedly as she took off her black socks. "I can't believe we're playing an official game against the boys."

"I wonder if we can really take them on," Megumi-senpai pondered out loud as she pulled down her jersey over her head. "It is proven that men are physically stronger than women."

"So?" Emiko-senpai said, "As long as we prove to them that we have a better technique and strategy, then we definitely can beat them. Besides, I want to see that goal keeper play. What was his name again?"

"You mean Wakabayashi-kun, senpai?" She answered as she put on her white socks.

"Yeah, him," Emiko-senpai replied. "I heard that he was a genius goalie. We should test him out of its true."

"Not only that, but we they also have those two other first years," Junko-senpai added as she tightened the laces of her cleats. "Misaki-kun and Oozora-kun right?" She turned to Sanae who was busy tying her hair in their usual messy ponytail.

"Yes," she nodded her head. "Tsubasa-kun and Misaki-kun were called the Golden Duo back when we were young, and they still are. So we have to watch out for them once they begin their attack."

"So, it's like you and Aya-chan then?" Chieko-senpai asked as they all went out of the clubroom to finally start their walk towards the field.

"I guess you could say that," she said, scratching her cheek.

"Well, then I leave the two to you and Ayame then," Akane-buchou told them. "The Duo versus another Duo. People will pay to know who's better between the two."

"Of course it would be us," Ayame scoffed as crossed her arms. "We are the Miracle Duo. We bring certain victory to the team."

"… You just thought of that didn't you?" She asked her cousin blankly.

Ayame whirled to face her with an irritated scowl on her face. "Of course not! See, that's what you get for not listening to gossip. We've been called that by other schools when we were in junior high because whenever we start playing seriously, we've never lost a game before."

That seemed really farfetched, but okay then. And they've lost a game before. When they were doing that friendly game with Arino Gakuen. Granted, she was laughing most of the time because the girls of Arino kept making jokes and everyone knows she was a sucker for corny jokes. Except Ishizaki's because his jokes didn't make any sense.

"The Miracle Duo, huh?" Shiori-chan wondered out loud. "I think it suits you guys."

Oh no, Shiori-chan agreed to it. Now, everyone else will join in this notion of the certain victory that they were supposed bring.

"See, I told you so," Ayame winked at her. They just had to make her bigger, didn't they?

She could only and shake her head as they laughed and continued to walk.

"Well, what about Takano-senpai?" Rinko-senpai brought up. "He's their center forward, and a very good one at that."

"Leave him to Akane," Emiko-senpai told everyone. "They have a little scuffle to end and our captain is more than happy to end it, ne?"

"Oh bet I am," Akane-buchou answered heatedly. Sanae had to blink to make sure she was imagining the flames that was surrounding their captain.

"Woah, is there some juicy gossip I should have known about our captain and Takano-senpai?" Chieko asked.

"It's not really known to lower years, but they have this weird rivalry going on ever since they were young," Megumi-senpai explained to them. "Well, it's mostly Akane challenging Takano-kun for a match to prove that she's better than him."

"Aww, that's so cute!"

"To you maybe," Junko-senpai groaned. "But it's getting too old for us third years. It's been going on for years and they still won't stop. It also doesn't help that Akane loses most of the time."

"Junko, shut up," Akane ordered to her friend.

"What? It's true!"

Megumi-senpai had a thoughtful look cross her face. "I'm pretty sure they're in a tie right now, Junko-chan. The last time they battled was when they played volleyball last year when we had Sports Day. Akane-chan won that round."

"That was because I was there," Emiko-senpai added as she patted Akane's back, who stumbled from the force of their contact. "I saved all those balls for you, didn't I?"

Their captain could only massage her temples. "Just shut up all of you. You're giving me a headache."

"Fine, spoil sport," Junko pouted. "Well, we're here anyway. I guess let's just wait and see how this match will turn out."

Sure enough, they arrived at the field, which was getting packed with people. They did some advertising of the match when they finalized all the details of how it was going to be. Since then, they told some of their other friends about it, and using Ayame's artsy talent (which she usually reserved for designing clothes. They promised to go shopping with her in Shibuya when they go to Tokyo for Nationals), she made a poster for the match that they posted in Sanae's mom shop and a few other places.

They did the same thing last year, albeit a little less on advertising. But many people still went so they must have figured that the game this year would be even greater than last year, maybe even better considering who would be playing this time.

Besides, the betting pool from last year left almost everyone unsatisfied with how the match ended.

She found her mom sitting with the Oozora's near the middle of the slope towards the field. It seemed like she left the shop to their employees just so she can the match.

"Anee-chan!" Daichi waved as they arrived near them.

"Here comes my girls," her mother greeted them as they went to her.

"Hey mom," she said as she gave her mom a hug, Ayame doing the same, as their teammates said theur greetings.

"Hello to you as well, Oozora-san," she greeted to the Oozora matriarch. The other girls followed as well, but left soon after to go to their bench area, leaving her behind.

"Hello to you girls," she greeted back. "It's so nice to see you guys again in uniform. Last time I saw Sanae-chan playing was last year, I think. You guys did do the same thing last year."

"Yeah," she chuckled and finally turned to the child who was trying to get her attention.

She pick Daichi up her arms and hoisted him up. "Hey there, squirt," she said. "I haven't seen you forever. I miss my favorite boy in the whole world." She then proceeded to nuzzle his face.

"Stop it Anee-chan!" Daichi laughed, "That tickles."

She laughed and turned to her mother.

"I'm surprised you managed to get out of the shop at this time, Mama," she said. Daichi was starting to play with her hair. "It gets busy at this time of the day."

"Well, we do have the nicest employees in the world," her mother replied. "They told me to go here when Natsuko-chan came with Daichi-kun to buy some snacks while they watch the match today." Then she gave a wink towards the older Oozora. "Besides, Natsuko-chan and I have a bet going on."

She gave a dry chuckle with what she just learned from her mom. "You guys are betting too?" she asked.

"Of course!" her mom exclaimed. "So you better teach those boys a lesson."

She heard Oozora-san chuckle, and was it just her or did it suddenly become colder?

"Not if my Tsubasa can help it, Haruka-chan," Oozora-san replied.

"Are you sure about that, Natsuko-chan?" her mom answered in the same pleasant tone (too pleasant).

"Oh you know I'm always sure when it comes to Tsubasa's talent, Haruka-chan."

"Really now? I guess we'll just to wait and see."

Both ladies began to chuckle, but she could feel a little tension coming from both and them. She could only laugh nervously as she watched them smile towards each other.

"Finally you guys are here!" Ayame's voice drifted to her ears. It seemed like the boys were here.

"Onii-chan!" Daichi called out from behind her, waving his arms ecstatically. Yup, they were here.

"Hey there, little man," he heard his voice come from behind her. She turned around and smiled as he walked nearer to the four of them.

"Hey," she greeted him once he arrived.

"Hey," he smiled back. He went to his mom to give her a hug and greeted her mom a good afternoon.

Daichi reached his arms out to his brother, who took him happily.

"Are you excited to see this game?" he asked as he hoisted him higher on his shoulder.

"Yup!" the little boy exclaimed energetically.

"So who are you going to cheer for?" he teased. "Are you going to cheer for your Onii-chan or for your Anee-chan?"

The child clearly didn't know what to answer. "Um," he stuttered as he made hand motions.

Tsubasa gave out a laugh and ruffled his hair. "I'm just kidding, Daichi," he said, "You can cheer for whoever you want."

"Mou," the little boy pouted. "Nii-chan is so mean. Always teasing me."

"But, you know Daichi-kun," she leaned closer to the little boy to whisper loudly to his ear. She wanted him to hear what she was going to say. "I think that was your Nii-chan's way of saying you should cheer for him. He is going to need it the most if he wants to win this game."

That caught him off guard and she almost laughed out loud when she saw his face.

"Wha- What?" he spluttered.

Daichi giggled as well as the two mothers who heard what she said.

"I'm not going to lose," he whined. "Definitely not."

She chuckled and gave him a wink. "Let's just wait and see." She turned away from them and stretched her arms over her head. "Well, I better head to the bench. Ayame's probably fuming already about where I am." She looked over her shoulder towards him. "You coming?"

"Oh, yeah," he answered as he gave back his brother to his mom. He followed after her as they waved goodbye to their family.

Once they were out of earshot, they began to chat.

"So Mikami-san's actually going to be a referee for this game?" she asked as they walked towards the bench area.

He nodded in confirmation, "Yeah. Wakabayashi-kun told him about this game and it interested him apparently. He said something about not seeing this kind of match-up often. So he told Wakabayashi-kun if he could come and see it. It was actually Shiroyama-san who asked if he wanted to referee since Mizuno-san would be gone today."

"Huh," she replied. They were nearing the bench area and some of their teammates were already warming up.

"Nakazawa Sanae, stop socializing with the enemy and get your ass over here!"

They both laughed as they heard Ayame shout her order to her.

"Well, you heard your cousin," he told her. "You better stop socializing with the 'enemy'. Don't want you spilling any secrets now. 'Course I'm not complaining."

She punched him lightly on the arm. "Shut up," she smiled. "Like I would tell you anything."

"Hey, I tried."

"Whatever," she rolled her eyes. She turned towards to her side and looked over her shoulder. "I'll see you on the field!"

She called out as she ran towards her teammates.

She arrived and already, they were on her.

"So that's Oozora Tsubasa, huh?" Chieko-senpai remarked as Junko-senpai helped her stretch. "He looks cute. 9/10 good job Sanae."

"Senpai!" she exclaimed as was about to take a drink from her water bottle.

"What? Aya-chan told me you like him. Besides you guys were pretty chummy from what I saw. Are you sure you guys aren't dating?"

"Yes, senpai, I am definitely sure we are not dating," she confirmed, trying to will her blush to die down.

"That's because Tsubasa-kun's number one priority is soccer," Ayame interjected as she checked her shoelaces.

She glared at her cousin with the power of a thousand suns. Ayame ignored her. "Shut up!" she told her.

"Aww," she heard Shiori-chan exclaim. Great, now everyone would start pitying her.

"Come here, little one," Chieko-senpai ordered as she hugged her close to her chest and stroked her hair. Oh god, not this again. "There, there. Don't worry. There's many fish in the sea. He's an idiot for missing out on an awesome girl like you."

"Do you want me to talk to him?" Junko-senpai asked.

"I'll set him straight for you," Nao-senpai suggested.

"I'll help find you another guy," Emiko-senpai added.

She broke out of Chieko's grasp and turned to everyone. "I am fine. I don't want anyone to talk to him. Nobody is setting anyone one straight, and I do not need or want a relationship at this moment."

"But you want to have one wi-"

"I swear to god, Ayame. If you do not shut up I'm going to tell my mom to cancel our internet subscription."

Ayame turned to her, fear written on her face. "You wouldn't-"

"Try me," she challenged.

"Shutting up."

She sighed, "Thank you." She turned towards her teammates. "Now, can we please go back to warming up? I don't want to pull a muscle when we have our tournament coming soon."

"Good advice, Nakazawa," Akane-buchous spoke finally. "We don't want injuries when we have a tournament so close."

Thank you, Akane-buchou. May your future be a bright one.

She was met by grumbles and complaints, but they all followed her orders.

After a few minutes of warm ups, Akane-buchou and Takano-senpai were called for the coin toss.

When it was done, Akane-buchou gave them a thumbs up as she walked towards them, a sign that they have the ball first.

"Okay, everyone," their captain started as they all huddled around. "This is it. The match we've all been waiting for. I don't have words to say to you guys, but this."

They watched as she took a deep breath before speaking again.

"Kick their asses!"

They all shared smiles and voiced out there agreements. They stood up from their huddle and started to go to their places.

"Let's go ladies," Akane-buchou ordered. "Let's show them what even if we style our hair and loves clothes, we can still win."

"Hell yeah we are," Ayame agreed softly as they reached the center line. They met Tsubasa and Misaki there, who were waiting for them to start.

"You," she pointed at them. "You're going down."

Misaki gave a sly smile towards her cousin. "Are we now, Ayame-chan? Have you ever thought that it might your team who would be losing?"

Ayame returned his smile with her own smirk. "Oh, you're so on."

As those two had their stare down, she turned towards the other midfielder across from her.

"So we finally meet," he started. "I get to have a match against you."

"I guess so," she said. Her eyes held his gaze and a hardened look entered them. "Don't go easy on me, you hear," she ordered. "'Cause I'm definitely not."

He only gave her a smile. "Wasn't planning on it."

"Good."

"But no hard feelings when you lose," he added.

She only smirked in response. "Oh you're on."

Just after she said that, the whistle blew off and she kicked the ball.

Already, Tsubasa and Misaki were on her, but she managed to keep both them from stealing the ball and barely ran past them. She could hear the surprise cries coming from the other guys and she only smiled.

She took a glance to her left and saw Shiori free. She was about to pass it to her, when Izawa tackled the ball away from her feet.

"Shit!" she exclaimed as saw who managed to catch the ball. Why did it have to be Tsubasa off all people?

"Goddamn it! Ayame, get the ball away from him!" she told her cousin as she raced after Tsubasa, who was running back to their side of the field.

"Really, Sanae?!" Ayame screamed back. "You had one job!"

"I'm sorry!"

Tsubasa meanwhile, proved to be a little bit faster than the girls chasing him. As one of them was running to block him, he passed the ball. "Misaki-kun!" he called out to his friend.

"I got it!" he said, but didn't catch the ball when Junko-senpai intercepted the ball. She ran with for a few moments, before kicking it all the way to the other side of the field.

"Rinko-chan!" she screamed.

The ball soared high in the air for a few seconds as Rinko and Kisugi battled for the ball. Rinko jumped higher and managed to hit the ball with her head towards Ayame. She caught it easily and dribbled the ball towards the net.

"Block her!" Wakabayashi shouted to his teammates.

Ayame smirked and passed the two upperclassmen defenders easily. Despite that, Tsubasa stole the ball back with ease.

"Damn you Oozora Tsubasa!" she screamed as she turned back to chase him.

Tsubasa only laughed as he dribbled the ball back to the girls' field.

Luckily, she was close by.

She met him hallway and immediately they were in a duel for the ball possession.

"Is that all you can do, Sanae-chan?" he teased as he kept protecting the ball with his feet.

She didn't know why but something clicked inside her when he said that.

She smiled and said, "Not quite."

She then kicked the ball from under him and it rolled between his legs as she ran passed him and got the ball back in her possession. She could only laugh as she heard her confused gasps as he tried to figure out how she gained the ball.

She raced past Taki and Kisugi who swore as she passed by them easily, the ball always close to her feet.

She was almost in the penalty area when Takano-senpai appeared before her.

"Sorry, Sanae-chan," he told her. "But we're getting that first goal." He kicked the ball away from her feet with a cry of "Misaki!"

Sure enough, the boy got it with no sweat and raced the ball back towards their field, Tsubasa close by.

"Shit," she swore again under her breath as she ran as fast as her legs can back to her side. She managed to catch up to them, but barely. She was running right beside Tsubasa, blocking Misaki from passing to the other half of the Golden Duo.

What she didn't expect though was Misaki passing it to Takano-senpai who was unmarked and ran passed them.

"Fuck!" Ayame exclaimed as she left Misaki's side to chase after the third year.

Akane-buchou did say he would take of him. Good thing, she was already there blocking him.

"Are we finally finishing our contest, Akane-chan?" He teased the captain. "It seems like the perfect time to do it."

"Oh you bet we are, "she answered, blocking him from moving, "And I'm sure as hell going to be the winner. You are not getting a goal past me."

Takano laughed. "Maybe I'm not. But he is," he said, confusing Akane. He took advantage of it and kicked the ball to side where Tsubasa managed to break away from Sanae. "Oozora!"

"Hai!" he answered as he dived and did a header on the ball. Emiko was too slow to catch or block it.

The whistle sounded to ring the first goal of the match.

The boys gathered around to celebrate their goal as Sanae panted from the sprinting she did. Ayame walked towards her, also panting hard.

"They're good," her cousin huffed. "That goal would be hard on us."

She wiped her face with her shirt and shook her head. "No," she denied. "We've only begun."

Ayame turned to her and chuckled as she saw the smile on her cousin. There was that spark again in them, usually when she's having fun.

"Come on," Sanae told her as she jogged back to their places. "We have a goal to catch up."

Ayame smiled and stared at her cousin, already face to face with Tsubasa. She turned to look back at her and motioned for her to come over with her head. Ayame looked down and shook her head, beginning to jog to where Sanae is.

When she arrived, Ishida-san nodded and blew the whistle.

Already, Tsubasa and Misaki were on the attack, passing the both of them easily. They turned around to chase after them, Ayame marking Misaki to make sure the two's Golden Play didn't catch up.

With Misaki blocked, Tsubasa tried to look for someone free, which Taki was.

"Taki-kun!" he called out as he kicked the ball towards his teammate.

Taki was about to catch it, but Shiori got in the way and started dribbling the ball away from their post.

"Ah shit!" Taki swore as both she and Ayame followed their forwards across the field.

As Kisugi blocked Shiori, she kicked it away from her towards Chieko.

"Chieko-senpai!"

"Got it!"

Chieko managed to catch it with her chest and quickly dribbled it down the field. She was tackled by Kishiyama, one of the defenders and tried to give it to Fujino, another defender. Fujino caught it and made a long kick towards the other side.

"Buchou!"

Takano's eyes was looking straight at the ball, calculating where it would exactly land. He didn't expect to have Junko jumping and hit it with her head.

"Damn," he swore under his breath as he tried to fight for it with Rika. The girl's agility managed to win in the end and made another long kick towards the other side of the field.

"Ayame-chan!" she screamed for the other girl, who was already running to catch up with the ball. Misaki was chasing after her, not separating for her at all.

When she turned around, he also did as they both jumped and fought on who could hit it with their head. Luckily, Ayame was in the right position and hit the ball towards Shiori.

"Shiori-chan!"

The small girl kicked the ball towards the goal, but it was blocked by Wakabayashi and ball soared in the sky yet again.

"Damnit!" Ayame cursed as she watched the ball. She jumped up and caught it with her chest she got it and made a quick pass to Rinko.

"Rinko-senpai!" she screamed as their senpai tried to shoot from where she is. The ball flew towards the goal, but it was blocked by Wakabayashi again. It was in the air yet again.

"Go Wakabayashi!" The boys cheered.

Sanae, who was being marked by Tsubasa, broke away from him to catch the ball in the perfect position. "It's not over yet!" she shouted as she forced her legs to be quicker.

In a force of instinct and adrenaline, she jumped up from ground and twisted her body, making an overhead kick. Wakabayashi, who was still recovering from Rinko's kick, failed to save the ball.

The whistle blew and the score was now a tie.

Ayame ran towards her and helped her up as the other girls ran to them to celebrate their goal.

Tsubasa huffed as he tried to catch his breath. He wiped the sweat off his forehead with his hand as he remembered how Sanae broke past him.

When she ran past him, he was stunned by the speed she produced and as he watched her move away from him, he swore she had little wings on her back. She flew, plain and simple. And it was amazing seeing her do that.

"They're good," Misaki said as he appeared beside her. "I didn't know Anego could do an overhead kick."

He nodded as they watched the girls hug each other in happiness. "Me either," he admitted. "But you know me, I like being surprised."

Misaki laughed and punched his arm. "Ow," he exclaimed as he nursed his shoulder."

"You would," Misaki told him. Then he started walking away from him."Come on, Mr. I-like-being-surprise. We still have a match to play."

He chuckled as he followed his friend towards the center of the field. When he reached it, she had the ball under her foot, looking down as she listened to something Ayame was saying.

She peered up and their eyes met. They held each other's gazes for a few moments, before she gave him a smile.

His heart skipped a beat.

He returned the smile with one of his own.

The whistle blew and the game continued on.

End Chapter

AN: Writing soccer games is so hard. But I had fun with it, though I kinda gave up halfway through. I was tired when i wrote that part. Anyway, Tsubasa's starting to feel something, but still isn't there. Just a few more (like more) nudges will probably get him through, but who knows *wonk,wink*. I don't know if you guys liked their game (I don't really know if you guys liked to read their games at all, but if you guy don't like it, tell me) and i didn't know who to win so I cut it off. I guess you could decide. Though I did have a scene in mind where they're doing penalty shots after the 80 minutes and extra time, and Ayame was going to kick it thinking she would score, but Genzou caught it. Ayame was then, "Fuck you Wakabayashi! You weren't supposed to catch that!" I thought it was funny.

Anyway, sorry for my rambles and thank you for reading this huge ass chapter. Please review!